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Title |
| Super Atragon -
Metal Pulse Music Edition |
| International Title |
| Super
Atragon |
| Music By: Masamichi
Amano |
| Record Label: ADV
Music |
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| Running Time: 73:03 |
Discs: 1 |
| Release: June 2003 |
CD Number: CSA-001 |
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| Comments |
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Anthony
Romero |
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I'll make
it no secret that Masamichi Amano's score for this mid-1990's
animated feature is one of my favorite soundtracks. Amano,
with the help of the Poland National Warsaw Philharmonic
Orchestra, managed to create a much more grand score
than is often possible in the more limited orchestrations
done in Japan. The soundtrack has a nice range to it
as well in terms of theme style, featuring some more
action oriented pieces like "Menace
of the Gravity Lenses" and "Decisive Battle" while
also displaying some more soothing themes such as "Go
and Annette". The real strength of this disc, though,
is that nearly every cue is solid from beginning to end,
which makes this a great stand alone listening experience.
This release, produced by ADV Music, is pretty much identical
to the Japanese one done in 1996. The tracks are broken
up into two broad categories, "Zero Hours to Destruction"
and "Memories of the Ocean", as the movie itself was
released in two parts to maximize profits upon its distribution.
The booklet contained with the "Metal
Pulse Music Edition" is
quite nice, though, as Amano gets to talk about how he
jumped at the chance to compose the soundtrack for this
film due to his love of Ishiro
Honda's original 1963 Atragon movie,
along with some brief history of the original novel that
inspired them both. The booklet ends with artist Shigeru
Komatsuzaki giving his final thoughts about the classic
1963 movie in retrospect.
Rating:  |
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| Tracks |
Zero Hours to Destruction
- 1945, Day of Destiny
- Theme of the Hyuga Family
- Theme of the Undersea Battleship (Main Title)
- Departure for the South Pole
- Giant Column Indra
- Menace of the Gravity Lenses
- Theme of the UN Forces
- Fortress Bimarna, Spotted
- Theme of Eternal Love - To the Ends of the Deep
Blue Sea (Theme of the Voyage of the Ra)
Memories of the Ocean
- The Mystery of the Giant Meteorite
- A Battle in the Sky
- The Return of the Ra
- The Truth of 1945
- Go and Annette
- Deepening Love
- Triangle Battle
- Launch of the Water Dragon
- Attack of the Super Vibration Wave
- Decisive Battle - When the Pacific Ocean was Dyed
Red (Ra vs. Liberty)
- Launch into the Unknown (Ending)
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